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Definition: Squealing |
SquealingAdjective1. Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "squealing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Synonyms: SquealingSynonyms: screaky (adj), screechy (adj), squeaking (adj), squeaky (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Squealing |
| Specialty definitions using "squealing": Hogs. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'll take care of the squealing, wretched, pinhead puppets of Gotham! (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters) I had to live with that squealing, corpulent little toad all these years. (Ruthless People; writing credit: O. Henry; Dale Launer) | |
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Books | |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Baby panting and squealing. | | Pigs squealing and grunting. |
| Pig grunting and squealing. | | Piglet screeching and squealing. |
| Pigs squealing. | | Car revving its engine then tires squealing. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They crawled around the tent and leaped up and ran squealing away from the tent. |
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| "Squealing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 74.07% of the time. "Squealing" is used about 81 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 74.07% | 60 | 43,597 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 13.58% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (singular) | 12.35% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 81 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "squealing": screaky screechy squeaking squeaky squealing. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "squealing": brake-squealing, out-squealing. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
brakes squealing | 12 |
hysterical squealing | 4 |
pig squealing | 4 |
brake squealing | 2 |
belt squealing | 2 |
pig.com squealing | 2 |
brakes hayes squealing stop | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "squealing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 号叫 (Squealed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | verratend (betraying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | cengking (yelping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 垂れ込み . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たれ"み. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | kiaullaneagh (bell-like, blatant, clamorous, hectoring, loud, loud-mouthed, orchestral, randy, robustious, roistering, stormy, strident; roisterer, vociferous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ealingsquay guiţat (squeaking, squeal). (various references) визжать визг визжащий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Squealing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sceilig, squalin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "squealing" (pronounced skwē"ling) |
| 5 | -w ē" l i ng | wheeling. |
| 4 | -ē" l i ng | annealing, appealing, ceiling, concealing, dealing, feeling, healing, Keeling, kneeling, peeling, reeling, repealing, revealing, sealing, Seeling, stealing, unappealing, unfeeling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, ambling, angling, appalling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, killing, kindling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, seedling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-l-n-q-s-u" | |
-1 letter: equaling, quinelas. | |
-2 letters: angelus, guineas, inulase, lagunes, langues, leasing, linages, linguae, nilgaus, quinela, sealing, unagile. | |
-3 letters: algins, aliens, aligns, alines, angels, angles, easing, elains, equals, genial, genius, gleans, guiles, guinea, gunsel, ingles, lagune, langue, lasing, lianes, liangs, ligans, ligase, linage, lingas, lingua, lunges, lungis, lunies, nilgau, quails, queans, saline, sequin, signal, silage, silane. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-l-n-q-s-u" | |
+1 letter: equalising. | |
+5 letters: magniloquences. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Bibliography |
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